Yemeni women's perceptions of own authority during childbirth: What does it have to do with achieving the millennium development goals?

Midwifery

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1182-1189

  Kempe, Annica ^a   Theorell, Töres ^a,b   Noor Aldin Alwazer, Fatoom ^c   Christensson, Kyllike ^a   Johansson, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c National Yemeni Midwives Association   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Authoritative knowledge; Childbirth; Community mobilization; Millennium Development Goals; Yemen

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH; DELIVERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFE; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YEMEN;

ADULT; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MIDWIFERY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARTURITION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YEMEN;

EID: 84884413721     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2013.05.013     Document Type: Article

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